Re: [PHP Template] Repeating values

I think it would be a useful feature.  However now you are starting to get into
the area of collation.  Previously I worked with a template language that had
several options for collating multiple lists.  It gets a bit tricky....   ;-)

-dan

Andrei Zmievski wrote:

> Right now the spec mentions the following:
>
>         * repeat = yes/no
>                 repeat the last value of the variable inside the section loop
>                 if the other variables have more values, if not specified,
>                 defaults to yes
>
> I'm wondering if it should be extended to allow either repeating of the
> last value the variable has, or of the default value. Example:
>
> {{ section sec1 }}
>         {{ $foo default="green" repeat=yes }}, {{ $bar }}
> {{/section sec1 }}
>
> If $foo has 2 values ("red" and "blue"), and $bar has 4 values ("small",
> "medium", "large", "x-large"), then "blue" will be repeated:
>
>         red,  small
>         blue, medium
>         blue, large,
>         blue, x-large
>
> If we specify repeat=default, though, it would do:
>
>         red,   small
>         blue,  medium
>         green, large
>         green, x-large
>
> Would this be a useful behavior or not?
>
> -Andrei
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